Improved apparatus foe charging gas ob air with hideo-carbon vapor



w. H. BURRIDGE.

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No. 60,857. Patented Ja n. 1, 1867.

Witnesses:

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- Letters Patent No. 60,857, elated January 1, 1867.

IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR CHARGING GAS 0R AIR WITH HYDRO-CARBON VAPOR.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, W. H. BURRIDGE, of Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful improvements in a Gas Apparatus; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full and'complete description of the construction of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part'of this specification, in which- Figure I is a perspective view of the apparatus.

Figure'2 is a vertical section.

Figure 3 is a horizontal section in the direction of the line x w in fig. 2.

Figure 4 is a detached section.

Figures 5 and 6 will be referred to in the description. I

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several views. I

In the drawing, A represents the case of any desired size or shape, B is the cover through which pass the pipes, that will be referred to hereafter. In this case is arranged a series of-steps or shelves, B, which may be of any number, according to the size of the case; these steps form partitions across the case, between which are formed the channels A, the steps being covered with flocculent material, or its equivalent. If it is desired the stepscan be made of wood, and of the form shown in fig. 5, which is a perspective view; if wood is used, it being fibrous, will aid in more readily absorbing the eompound which is placed in the case. 0 is'a volute, consisting of the cloth or flocculent material, 6, to which is attached the wire a to keep it in place, the other end of said cloth being connected to the plate-C, from which it depends, as shown in fig. 2, the plate being placed around the pipe a slots are cut in said plate, allowing it to pass down over the lugs Z on the pipe, and the plate with the volute is then turned round, preventing it from falling ofl', thus making a cheap and very ready attachment. Fig. 4 is a view of the under side of this volute detached from the cover. Fig. 6 forms a modification of the volute without changing the nature'of the invention, which is made of pieces of wood with the edges secured together; this, if made of wood, will also aid in absorbing the fluid. D D are bars extending across from one side of. the case to the other, on which is hung the cotton wicking or any fibrous material. When it is desired to use this apparatus, carburetted fluid is turned into the case through the pipe 0, filling it as full as may be desired, some of it filling the basins (1, formed by the steps. This apparatus is connected to the metre by a pipe passing from the tube a. By this volute being made of fioeculent material, and the steps covered with the same, as stated, a very large amount of radiating surface is obtained; thus the fluid is readily absorbed and the vapor thrown ofi which mixes with the gas that enters the pipe a. When the gas passes into this pipe,

' if the fluid comes above the end of the pipe,-it will pass out through the holes e into the volute, forming a circuit through it, passing from this through the holes e, in the step E, and PillIOllgll the,channel formed between the steps over the step E, then down through the holes z' in the next step F, as indicated by the arrows, where p i it must force its way through the flocculent material B before it can escape through the pipe 0, to which the gas pipe is attached that carries it to the burners. While the gas admitted through the pipe a is passing through in this way, the vapor rising from the carburetting fluid, which is taken up by the flocculent material, enriching and greatly increasing the qualities and properties of the. gas for ilumination. The steps may be uniform in their area, or they may increase from top to bottom, so that the evaporating surface will enlarge in proportion as the fluid becomes more dense by the elimination of the lighter particles; by these means the evaporating surface will compensate for the increasing density of the fluid as it decreases by evaporation. The steps or pans, d, of the partitions may be more or less in number or capacity, and arranged in any desirable relation to each other, so as to increase the surface from top to the bottom, which is preferred, for the aforesaid reasons.

What I claim as my improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is p 1. The stepped or shelved partitions provided with basins or cups and flocculent material, in combination with the case A, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. Arranging the step or pans so-as to enlarge the area or surface of the same from top to bottom, and so i that the evaporating capacity will be increased in proportion to the increasing density of the fluid, by the elimination of the lighter portions. I

3. The plate 0, volute curtains C, in combination with the partitions B, arranged substantially as and for the purpose set forth,

W. H. BURRIDGE.

Witnesses:

Emu. F. BROWN, 1?. E. Wilson 

